Chapter VIII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

pleasantly occupied

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

(used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the largest city and principal port of New Zealand

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

plural of “cannibal” — a person who eats human flesh

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “church” — one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

inhabited by colonists

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

past form of “conduct” — direct the course of; manage or control

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

the state of being decayed or destroyed

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

-ing form of “escape” — run away from confinement

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

a social unit living together

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

set up or found

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

characteristic of or befitting a friend

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

spectators at a golf or tennis match

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

showing a lack of attention or care

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “jaw” — the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

the act of hearing attentively

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

engage in

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “maori” — an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

plural of “missionary” — someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

clean or organized

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

sporadically and infrequently

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

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From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

any competition

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

in the recent past

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

unusual or striking

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

tending to return to an earlier state

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “season” — a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

work done by one person or group that benefits another

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

being ten more than fifty

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

put, fix, force, or implant

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

past form of “stroll” — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

the capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island)

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

past form of “tattoo” — stain (skin) with indelible color

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

having come into contact

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

close enough to be walked to

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the afternoon they strolled to the native village outside the town, where they found some fifty or sixty Feejeeans squatted on the mat-covered floor of the neat and well-swept church listening to a preacher of their own race.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

in or at the place that

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading They were amused to see a tall man armed with a long stick with which he occasionally touched the heads of those who were inattentive, and sometimes his touch was far from light.

a Caucasian

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

which person or people

From this reading The second day of the stay of our friends at Levuka was Sunday, and the party attended the Episcopal church in the forenoon, where service was conducted by a clergyman who had recently arrived from London.

in the company of; together with

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

plural of “worshipper” — a person who has religious faith

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Frank thought the idea would not be a bad one for churches nearer home, where worshippers have been known to go to sleep during the sermon.

destroyed in an accident

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.

the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

From this reading ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.--THE CLIMATE of THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS.--HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.--HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR.